Option 2:

Svoboda is very much a solitary individual and does not feel as if he is much of a leader in terms of being able to rally his teammates. Instead, he's always relied on his play in hopes that he can lead by example. He always felt that scoring goals and setting up his teammates was the best way at pushing them to excel.

This season he felt his age starting to catch up to him somewhat. While he still had a decent season, he saw his teammates beginning to excel at the game more than he was so he felt the need to speak up more. Since he does not speak often as it is, his teammates always tend to listen intently when he does. So luckily, at the moment, all he needs to say to encourage his teammates is single words at a time. When one scores it's "good!", when they allow a goal: "bad..."

There will come a day where he will have to say more to encourage his teammates, but he's happy with short phrases of approval or disappointment for the moment.

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